What would working from home mean for you? Would it mean being
able to take your son or daughter to school? Would it mean
waking up when you are done sleeping? Or would it mean you
wouldn't have to sit in rush hour traffic and pay for
unreasonable gas prices?
The fallacy associated with working from home is that only the
lucky ones can pull it off. People often wish it is something
they could do, but don't believe it would work for them. The
reality is that we can achieve anything if we know what we want,
set a course, and never give up.
Too often people in our life that are not where we want to be
dictate changes in our course. It is pretty ironic that people
who seek after a dream listen to those that have no dream. For
example, if your desire was to make a million dollars in any
endeavor, where would you get your counsel? Would it be from the
local gas station clerk? Perhaps, the mailman? Or would it be
from someone who has done it before? I propose to you a new way
of thinking, unless they have traveled the path you want to
follow, be kind, but seek other counsel.
Many people want to work from home not because they want to be
`rich', but because they want to be free! What does it mean to
be free for you? Sometimes we take our freedom in America for
granted and yet the price for it did not come cheap, nor does it
still. In the business model, freedom often times means we are
not slaves to a job, we do not trade hours for dollars at the
sacrifice of time with our children. Freedom means having the
ability to take the time to smell the roses.
We can't answer what freedom for you financially is, but when I
think of my friends and their desire to get free financially ,
all of them would sell out if someone could show them a 5yr plan
in which they could make quarter to half a million dollars a
year. I often times ask someone do they have a better plan than
a half million dollars residual income five years from now.
Sometimes they will hem-haw and I will ask them how long they
have been at their current job. One will tell me 7yrs, one will
tell me 15yrs, and one will tell me 11yrs. I ask them how does
my 5yr plan of half million or better stack up to the path they
are on? This reminds me of the reality TV show `Survivor'. In
the show, the goal for the contestants is to find the idol and
it will give them immunity from being voted off. They will not
find the idol if they don't follow the map. It is amazing that
every-time someone takes the time and effort to follow the clues
in the map, they find the treasure. It is no different in a home
based business.
A home based business requires dedication, hard-work and a map
to follow. If you put the time and effort into it, it is well
worth the effort. Not all home based businesses are created
equal though. It is imperative that you find a company that has
paved the way for you. It is also important that you are not
just creating another `job' for yourself. The power of a home
based business comes with finding a business that creates
residual income, provides a map, and will allow you to get well
paid for your efforts.
For the last 10 years, Real Estate Investing was my home based
business. I paid tens of thousands of dollars to learn from the
best, put a lot of time and effort, and I was well paid for my
efforts. As the market has tanked though, I am not exactly
getting well paid for my efforts. I know the market will come
back and will again, one day be a cash cow, but for now, another
home based business is where my efforts lie.
As I researched, what would give me leverage and what the top
experts and business men from Robert Kiyosaki to Donald Trump
were saying, I knew Network Marketing would be my next endeavor.
Do you know what the top 3 income producing jobs are in the
country? One and two are the entertainment industry and
professional athletics. What might surprise you is the 3rd
highest income earning position is Relational Marketing or
better known from the past as Network Marketing. If your desire
is strong enough, and you are serious about wanting Freedom in a
home based business, I encourage you to consider Network
Marketing as your next endeavor.
